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METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR COVERING ARTICLES WITH SHEET MATERIALOriginal Filed April 3, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 "El'i'III/IIIIIIIIII'IIIJI Patented Nov. 21, 1933 PATENT OFFICE METHOD OFAND APPARATUS FOR COVER- ING ARTICLES WITH SHEET MATERIAL William P.Devine, Boston, -Mass., assignor to United Shoe Machinery Corporation,Paterson, N. J a corporation of New Jersey Application April 3, 1928,Serial No. 267,116 Renewed March 9, 1933 31 Claims.

. This invention relates to a method of and apparatus for coveringarticles with sheet material. The particular embodiment of my inventionillustrated in the drawings and set forth'in the specification isparticularly adapted for covering wood heels with celluloid, but I wishit to be understood that I do not limit my invention to this particularembodimentas the same may be utilized for covering articles other thanheels for boots and shoes, andin the particular embodiment of theinvention, the sheet material for covering the heels may be celluloid,leather or cloth.

The object of. the invention is to provide a method and apparatuswhereby articles may be covered with sheet material rapidly andefliciently.

In carrying my invention into practical operation for the covering ofwood heels with celluloid, the celluloid is first softenedby placingitin a mixture of alcohol and water, preferably three parts of alcohol to1 part of water and allowing to stay in this mixture until it becomessoftened, which generally takes about twenty minutes. The sheet ofcelluloid used for covering the heel is preferably cut out of the propershape to cover the outer face of the heel and to project over around theedges of the heel. Adhesive'material is placed on the heel around theedges, the celluloid being then placed upon a folding member, preferablyconsisting of a band of flexible or elastic material. Rubber has beenfound to be practicable for this purpose.

The heel is placed upon a holder with the back of the heel underneathand the breast and seat of the heel resting against the lower edge ofsaid holder, there being means to hold the heel upon the holder. Theholder of the heel is placed in a press, which may be operated by anysuitable power. The heel is then pushed downwardly until the back of theheel engages the celluloid blank 40 and upon further downward movementof the holder, thecelluloid blank, together with the clastic band uponwhich it is positioned, are formed around the outer face of the heel andthe celluloid; is folded over the edge of the seat and the tread andbreast portions of the heel. The heel holder is then moved upwardly andthe heel taken out of themachine with the celluloid cover smoothlyattached to the heel over its entire outer face and projecting slightlyover and into contact with the edge portion of the seat and tread andbreast of the heel. g Y

The invention consists in the method of performing the foregoingoperation andin the apparatus by which the method maybe carried intopractical operation, all as hereinafter fully set forth in thespecification and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view partly in section of the illustratedapparatus for covering heels.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the lower portion of the apparatus parts ofwhich have been broken away.

Fig. 3 is asectional view of the apparatus taken along line 3-3 of Fig.1.

Fig. 4 is asectional view similar to Fig. 1 illustrating the parts ofthe apparatus in their relative positions when the heel has beencovered.

Fig. 5 is a side elevational view of the apparatus mounted on a press ofsuitable construction.

Fig. 6 shows a side elevational view of a modified heel holder and aheel carried thereby.

Fig. 7 is a transverse sectional view showing a modified form of folderor band and the members which fold sheet material upon the band over theedges of the heel.

Fig. 8 is a vertical section of a heel after it has been covered in theillustrated machine.

In the drawings, referrng to Figs. 1 to 5 inclu- 8O sive, 10 is theframe of a press upon which the folding apparatus is mounted, andconsisting of a lever 11 pivoted at 12 to the frame 10 and connected bya link 13 to toggle links 14 and 15, the link 14 being pivoted at itsouter end to an adjustabie stud 16, and the link 15 being pivoted at itsouter end to a slide 1'7 to which a reciprocatory motion is thusimparted.

The slide 17 carries a holder 18 which projects into a. slot 19 (Figs. 3and 4) in the slide 17 and so is adjustably held in said slot 19 by ascrew 20 so that the holder may be adjusted toward or away from thefront of the machine. The holder 18 isprovided in its lower edge with aslot 21 into which the front edge 22 of the attaching face or the seatof the heel projects, as illustrated in Fig. 3 wherein 23 is the heel,the breast 24 of the heel bearing against the lower edge of the portion25 of the holder 18 on one side of the recess 21 and a portion 26 ofsaid holder bearingagainst 0 the seat of the heel.

In order to insure accuracy in positioning the heel upon the holder andto enable the operator readily to place the heel in proper. position,one or more pins .27 may be used, these pins being secured to the holder18 and projecting into. recesses formed in the breast of the heel 23. Aband or pad 28, which is preferably of rubber or some elastic materialand which may be referred to as a folder, is clamped at one end thereofby 11 a plate 29 to another plate 30 provided with ears 31 having holes32 therein and through which upright pins 33 project, the pins 33 havingheads 34 thereon, and being integral with a cross bar 35 of a T-shapedmember 36, a shank 37 of said T-shaped member projecting through the end38 of a frame 39 and being adjustably fastened in said frame by a screw40 (Fig. 1). The frame 39 consists of a base 41, two side pieces 42 andan end piece 38 The opposite end of the elastic folder or band 28 isclamped to a cross piece 44 by a clamp plate 45. By adjusting the shank37 in the end 38 of the frame 39 any slackin the belt may be taken up.Thus the two ends ,of the elastic band 28 are held while the oppositesides of the said band are left free as will be seen by reference toFigs. 2 and 3. I

Side plates 46 are fastened to the tops of the side frames 42, thusconstituting a guideway therebetween to receive the band 28. The band 28is convexly curved midway of its lengthat'47 as illustrated in Fig. 3 inorder to approximately fit the curved outer face 48 of the heel 23.Slidably mounted on the side frames 42 in ways 49 are a pair'of slides50 and'51 which are spaced apart to form a chamber 52 between theiradjacent ends 53 and 54. The adjacent ends 53 and 54 are provided alongtheir lower edges with horizontal flanges 55 and 56 which form a supportfor a cushion 57 of flexible or elastic material, such as rubber. Theadjacent faces of the ends 53 and 54 are each provided with a section ofelastic sheet material 58, the ends 53 and 54 and also thesections 58imbedded therein are disposed at an angle to each other, and to acentral vertical plane extending through the holder 18, so that the ends53 and 54 of the slides and the sections of elastic material 58 imbeddedtherein converge toward each other from the front to the rear of thecasing 39. The median vertical plane of the chamber 52 between the ends53 and 54 is approximately coincident with the median plane of theholder 18. A plate 59 is fastened to the side plates 42 of the frame 39by screws 60, and this plate has an aperture 61 extending therethroughand having a flange 62 extending therearound as illustrated in Figs. 1and 3, and this aperture is of the outline corresponding to the outlineof the blank of celluloid which is to be applied to the outer face ofthe heel 23. Approximately onehalf of the aperture 61 is shown in Fig. 2as the positioning plate 59is broken away in that view. A blank 63 ofcelluloid is placed within the aperture 61 and rests upon the flange 62.Although the illustrated machine is provided with the plate 59 it willbe understood that such plate, if desirable. may be removed, the coverbeing supported upon the band or pad 28. 1

The slide members 50 and 51 are each'provided upon their adjacent endswith anti-friction rolls 64 and a re'ciprocatory motion is imparted tothe slide members 50 and 51 by levers 65 and66 respectively. Theselevers are connected to the slidemembers by pins 67 andtheir outer endsare provided with rolls 68, the said levers being pivoted at 65 and 66to the frame 39. A rocking motion is imparted'to the lovers 65 and 66 bycam plates 69 which are adjustably fastened by screws '10 to the slide17. Stop screws 71 and 72 limit the distance to which the slides 50 and51 respectively'will be moved apart by a spring '73 which connects theouter ends of the levers 65 and 66 together. r s

The general operation ofthe mechanism hereinbefore specificallydescribed and illustrated in will be pressed against the cushion 57.-luloid cover now having been applied to the heel, the operator releasesthe treadle, the slide 17 Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive is as follows: Theoperator applies adhesive to the edges of the heel 23 and positions itupon the holder 18 as illustrated in Fig. 3 and it will be noted thatthe edge of the tread of the heel at the rear portion thereof as at 74and of the seat of the heel at the rear portion thereof as at '75 aretangential to a plane A-A, Fig. 3, the plane A-A being approximatelyhorizontal and approximately parallel to the upper face of the band 28.A blank of celluloid 63, which has been previously softened, is placedwithin the aperture 61 resting upon the flange 62 of the plate 59. Theparts of the machine are in the relative positions illustrated in Figs.1, 2 and 3. The operator now steps on a treadle, not shown in thedrawings, which rocks the lever 11 'f and through the links 13, 14 and15 the slide 17 is caused to move downwardly, together with the heel 23and its holder 18, and also the cam plates 69.

This downward movement of the holder 18 brings the rear portion of theouter face of the heel into contact with the blank 63 and it will benoted that the lower edge of the heel and the upper edge of the heel at74 and '75 respectively will simultaneously engage the upper surface ofthe blank, which is at that time resting on the plate 59. Furtherdownward movement carries the blank and the heel 23 downwardly into thechamber 52, causing the band 28 and the blank 63 to be wrapped aroundthe outer face of the'heel 23 with the band 28 under tension, and bentin a U shape by reason of extending over the rolls 64. Finally the camplates 69 engage the cam rolls 68 to rock the levers 65 and 66 apart attheir outer ends, thus moving the slide members 50 toward each other andbringing the elastic sections 58 on the adjacent faces of said slidemembers into contact with the U- shaped portion of the band asillustrated in Fig.

- 4, thus forcing the band and the blank inwardly and causing the edgeof the blank to be turned over the edges of the heel, both on the heelseat and on the tread face of the heel, as illustrated in Fig. 8.

The elastic band where it passes around the back portion of the heel asillustrated in Fig. 4

The celmoves upwardly carrying the holder 18 and the heel 23 with it,and the slide members 50 and 51 are separated by the resilience of theelastic band .28 and'also by the spring '73 until they assume thepositions illustrated in Fig. 1 where the slide 50 is shown abuttingagainst thestop screw 71,

'and the slide '51 is shown abutting against the stop screw 72. Theoperator then removes the plane which is tangent to the edge of thetread and of the seat of the heel on the side portion of the heel. isapproximately 12?, and that is the angle of each of the faces of the endportions 53 and 54 tov the median'plane 3--3. It is essential thatthe'proper spacev to obtain the best results should bejallowed betweenthe adjacent faces of L the ends 53 and 54 of the slides 50 and 51 andthe outer face ofthe heel as it is pushed down into the; chamber 52, andthis distance between the'heel and the-said adjacent faces of the slidesmay be varied by adjusting the holder 18 forwardsteam lyorbackwardly'upon the slide l'l and then fixmg the plate in position inthe slot 19 by means of the screw 20.

The elastic "bandit! maybe'r'e'moved and-anew band inserted in its placeby removing the-clamp plates 29 and 45, and securing it in place bymeans of the clamp plates.

Instead of supportingthe heelupon the ho lder 18 as hereinbefore setforth and illustrated in Fig. 3, theheel 23 may be supportedupona-holder18 which is provided witha recesszl, the tread projecting into a'recessed'pdrtion '76 in the-lower edgefof the holder 18', while thesejat of the heel is held in positionby a pin'77 on the low'er end of alatch 78 pivoted at 79 andactuated by apin scribed the band 28 as anelastic band-arid pres erably made of rubber, the samemaiyfbeconstructed as illustrated in Fig. 7, that is, with-the central portionof the band 281 made of rubber 82 and'theend portions 83jand 8 4 m'adeofother materials such as woven fabric, in which case theends of the bandare coiled upon and fastened to rolls 85 and 86. These rolls arerotatably mounted'upon shafts 87 and 8%iand'each is joined to itsrespective sha'ft by a spring 89, one end of which is fastened to theshaft, the other to the inside of the roll in a manner 'well kno'wn tothose skilledin this art, whereby a'torsional strain is applied to thespring to wind it up when the central portion of the belt is pusheddownwardly by the heel as hereinbefore described in relation to the formof belt illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive. I p

Each of the shafts 87 and 88fhas a ratchet 90 fast thereto, the ratchetbeing shown attached to the shaft 87 only in Fig. 'l, but a liker'atcliet-is "fastened to the shaft '88 at the opposite end "of theshaft from that in which Fig. {7 is viewed. A pawl 91 engageseach of theratchets an is illustratedonone'of the ratchets in Fig '7, shafts 8'7and 88 are rotatably'mounted upone'ars 92 and 93 whichare formed on thesides '42' of the frame 39. The springs 89 tend to 'lgee'p the band 28'taut at all times. The tension upon the springs 89 may be incireasedbywinding up the shafts 87 and 88, or eitherof them. Instead of a plate,such as 59 hereinbefore describedwith relation to Figs. 1 to 4inclusive, the "blank of celluloid may be positioned within a ridge orflange '94 forming a part offthe central rubber portion 82 of the band28. This ridg'eis molded in the rubber when the same is constructed andis of a contourlike that of the cover which is to be appliedto the heel.N

If it is desired to center the belt 'relatively'to the holder and theheel so that the blank will be correctly positioned thereOn it may bedone by adjusting the belt in one direction or the other simply byreleasing one of the ratchets 91 and turning one of the shafts 87 or "88as'fn'iay be desired until the ridge 94 of the portion'82 of the belt iscorrectly positioned relatively to the heel which is to be covered.v jit In the operationof the machinewith the belt illustrated in Fig. 7,theicover is applied tothe heel in substantially the same manriera'shereinbefore described, that is, the central portion 82 of the rubber iswrapped around the heel with the cover for, theheel interposed between'the portion 82 and the heel, andthe rubber itselfcan "yield 'andconfor'mto the shape'of the heel in such manner as to smoothly and closely applythe cover to the heel with't'ne desirable results attained by theembodiment of my invention hereinbe'fore 'desc fibed and illustrated inFigs. 1 to 5 inclusive. The central portion 82 of the band may beattached to the end portions 83 and 84 many suitablemanner as by rubbercement and "vulcanization.

I claimt I t '1 The method of covering heels with sheet material whichconsists in causing a heel to be advanced toward and pressed against apiece of said material while the latter is resting against a band ofelasticfmaterial in a predetermined position relatively to said heelwhile holding the fopposite ends of said band stationary whereby thelatter is caused to be wrapped aroundthe outer face of the heel undertension, and then folding the sheet material over edges of the heel withsaid elasticmaterial.

2. The method of covering heels with sheet material which consists incausing a band of material with a piece of sheet material positionedthereon in 'a predetermined position relatively to said heel to bewrapped around the outer face of the heel while holding the oppositeends of said band with the said sheet material interposed between saidwrapping material and the heel, and then folding the sheet material overedges of the heel with said elastic material.

3. The method of covering a heel with sheet material which consists inapplying adhesive to the heel, then causing a band 'of material with apiece of sheet material positioned thereon in a predetermined. positionrelatively to said heel to be wrapped aroundthe outer face of the heelwhileholding the opposite ends of said band adapted to have a 'heelpositioned with its breast in contact therewith, a yielding folder,means to adjust said support relatively to said folder, a pair ofmembers spaced apart on which said folder "rests, and means to causerelative movement between said support with a heel positioned asaforesaid and the folder, whereby a. piece of sheet material positionedon said folder and interposed between said folder and heel may beapplied to said heel, thrust into the space between saidmernbers andfolded around the outer face or said heel.

5. An apparatus for covering heels with sheet material having,incombination, a support adapted to have a heel positioned with itsbreast in contact therewith, a yielding folder band, means to holdopposite ends of said band, means to move oneof said members relativelyto the other, whereby apiece of sheet material positioned on said folderband in predetermined relation to said heel may be folded around theouterface of said tacting with the breastandseat of the heel on oppositesides of said recess, a yieldingfolder, and means to move one of saidmembers relatively to theother, whereby a piece of sheet material inter-3 loo posed therebetweenmay be folded around the outer face of a heelmountedjon said support.

7; An apparatus for covering heels with sheet material having, incombination, a support for a heel, one face thereof having a recess toreceive a portion of the upper edge of said heel while contacting withthe breast and seat of the heel on opposite sides of said recess, meansto position said heel on said support, a yielding folder, and means tomove one of said members relatively to the other, whereby a piece ofsheet material interposed therebetween may be folded around the outerface of a heel mounted on said support.

8. An apparatus for covering heels with sheet material having, incombination, a support for a heel, an elastic band, means to adjust thetension on said band, and means to move one of said members relativelyto the other, whereby a piece of sheet material interposed therebetweenmay be folded around the outer'face of a heel mounted on said support.

9. An apparatus for covering heels with sheet material having, incombination, a support adapted to have a heel positioned with its breastin contact therewith,. an elastic band, means to I move one of saidmembers relatively to the other,

whereby a piece of sheet material interposed therebetween and positionedon said elastic band in predetermined relation to said heelmay bebrought into contact with and folded around the outer face of said heel,and means to press the elastic band over edges of the heel whereby theedges of said sheet material may be folded over the edges of said heel]V V 10. An apparatus for covering heels with sheet material. having, incombination, a support adapted to have a heel positioned with its breastsaid heel therebetween, and means to move said pressers relatively. tosaid heelwhereby edges of the elastic band may be folded over edges ofthe heel with said sheet material therebetween.

- 11. An apparatus for covering heels with sheet material having, incombination, a support for a heel, an elastic band, means to move one ofsaid members relatively to the other,'whereby a piece of sheet materialinterposed therebetween may be folded around the outer face of aheelmounted on said supportQand a pair of presser slides spaced apart toreceive said heel therebetween, and means to impart a reciprocatorymotion to said slides whereby edges of the elastic band may befoldedover edges of the heel with said sheet material therebetween. i

12. An apparatus for covering heels with sheet material having,incombination, a support for a material having, in combinatiomasupportfor a material having, in combination, a support for materialtherebetween.

14. An apparatus for covering heels with sheet material having, incombination, a support for a heel, an elastic band in alignment withsaid support, a pair of members upon which said band rests, said membersbeing spaced apart to receive said heel and band therebetween, theadjacent faces of said members converging, and means to move saidsupport to bring a heel thereon into contact with sheet material on saidband and thereby force said band and sheet material between said memberswhereby said sheet material positioned on said band may be folded aroundthe outer face of said heel.

15. An apparatus for covering heels with sheet material having, incombination, a support adapted to have a heel positioned with its breastin contact therewith, an elastic band in alignment with said support, apair of members upon which said band rests, said members being spacedapart to. receive said heel and band therebetween, means to move saidsupport to bring said heel into contact with a piece of sheet materialpositioned on said band in predetermined relation to said heel and forcesaid heel between said members, and means'to move said membersrelatively to each other thereby to force the edges of said sheetmaterial over the edges of said heel.

16. An apparatus for covering heels with sheet a heel, an elastic band,means to move one of said members relatively to the other, whereby apiece of sheet material interposed therebetween may be folded around theouter face of "a heel mounted on said support, apair of presser slidesspaced apart to receive said heel therebetween, an antifriction rollrotatably mounted on each of said slides at their forward ends, andmeans to impart a reciprocatory motion to said slides whereby edges ofthe elastic band may be folded over edges of the heel with said sheetmaterial therebetween.

17. In an apparatus for covering heels with sheet material, a holder fora heel, the underside of which is provided with a recess to receive theupper edge of a heel, while the said underside of theholder bearsagainst the breast and seat of the heel. p

18. In an apparatus for covering heels with sheet material, a holder fora heel, the underside of which is provided with a recess to receive theupper edge of a heel while the said underside of the holder bearsagainst the breast and seat of the heel, and means to hold and positionsaid heel on said holder.

19. An apparatus for covering heels with sheet material having, incombination, a flexible folder, a holder for a heel, means to positionsaid heel on the holder with its rear, upper and lower edges tangent toa plane approximately parallel to said folder, and means to move saidholder with a heelthereon toward said folder until said rear edgescontact with a piece of sheet material superimposed on. said folder.

20. An apparatus for covering heels with sheet material having, incombination, a holder for a heel, a yielding band, a portion of saidband being in alignment with said holder and convexly curvedtransversely thereof on its upper face, and means to move said holderwith a heel thereon toward said band until the heel contacts with apiece of sheet material positioned on the convex portion of said band.

21. An apparatus forapplying a cover tothe outer surface of a heelhaving, in combination, a band of flexible material, means to holdopposite ends of said band, a plunger in alignment with said band, meansto move said plunger toward said band, a contact member on the bottom ofsaid plunger adapted to engage the top of a heel, and a contact memberon the bottom of said plunger adapted to engage the breast of said heel.

22. A heel covering machine having, in combination, means for supportinga'heel, a pair of spaced members, a resilient pad in engagement withsaid members and constructed and arranged to support a heel cover inpredetermined relation with respect to the heel supporting means, meansfor moving the support to cause the heel to be moved relatively to thepad thereby to apply a portion of the cover to the heel, and means forcausing the members to move relatively to the support to apply otherportions of the cover to the heel.

23. A heel covering machine having, in combination, a support providedwith abutments constructed and arranged to engage the attaching and thebreast faces of a heel respectively, a pair of members spaced from eachother to form an opening of varying width, an elastic pad supported bysaid members and constructed and arranged to support a heel cover, meansfor moving the support to force a heel against the pad thereby applyingthe cover to a portion of the heel, and means to move the membersrelatively to the support for applying the cover to other portions ofthe heel.

24. A heel covering machine having, in combination, means to support aheel, a pairof members spaced from each other, an elastic pad supportedby and constructed and arranged to bridge the gap formed between saidmembers and to support a cover, mechanism for moving the supportrelatively to the pad to force a heel against the cover on the pad andinto the spaced formed between said members thereby to apply the coverto a portion of the heel, and mechanism for moving the membersrelatively to the support to apply other portions of thecover to theheel.

25. A heel covering machine having, in com bination, a resilient padprovided with a convex surface for supporting a heel cover, a supportfor a heel, means for moving the support relatively tothe pad to forceaconcave surface of the heel against a cover which is supported by theconvex surface of the pad thereby to apply portions of the cover to saidsurface of the heel.

26. A heel covering machine having, in combination, a resilient padprovided with a convex surface for supporting a heel cover, members forsupporting the pad, said members being spaced from each other to form arecess, a support for a heel, means to move the support relatively tothe pad for forcing the heel against the cover to cause a portion of thepad to be forced into the recess and to apply the cover to curvedportions of the heel, and means to move the members relatively to thesupport for applying the cover to other portions of the heel.

27. A heel covering machine having, in combination, a supportconstructed and arranged for engagement with the attaching, the breast,and the tread faces of a heel, a pair of members spaced from each otherto form a recess which varies in width, an elastic pad supported by saidmembers and constructed and arranged to bridge the recess formed betweensaid members, means for moving the heel support relatively to saidmembers to cause the heel to engage the cover supported upon the pad andto distort the pad, whereby a portion of the cover is applied to theheel, and mechanism for forcing the members against the pad to applyother portions of the cover to the heel.

28. A heel covering machine having, in combination, a support for aheel, a pair of members spaced to provide a recess, an elastic padmounted upon the members and arranged to bridge the recess, and meansfor moving the support relatively tothe members to force the heelagainst a heel cover on the pad and to cause the pad to wrap the coveraround the heel, said members being mounted for movement in timedrelation to the support to distort the pad thereby to assist the same inapplying the cover to the heel.

29. A heel covering machine having, in combination, a support for aheel, a pair of spaced members, a resilient pad supported by saidmembers and arranged to support a heel cover, mechanism for effectingrelative movement of the support and the pad in a predetermined path tocause the cover to be wrapped around the rear and portions of the sidesof the heel, and means to move said members in paths disposed atsubstantial angles to said path to wrap the cover around other portionsof the sides of the heel and upon the margins of the breast of the heel.

30. A heel covering machine having, in combination, a support for aheel, a pair of members spaced to form a recess, a resilient padsupported by said members and arranged to bridge the recess, said padbeing constructed and arranged to support a heel cover, mechanism formoving the support relatively to the pad to cause the heel to force thepad into the recess and to distort the same thereby to apply the coverto the rear of the heel and to portions of the sides of the heel, andmeans for moving said member in paths disposed at substantial angles tothe path of movement of the support to wrap the cover upon otherportions of the sides of the heel and upon the margins of the breast ofthe heel.

31. A heel covering machine having, in combination, a support for aheel, a pair of members spaced from each other to form a recess, anelas- .tic pad supported by said members, and means to force the heelagainst a cover placed upon the pad for causing the pad to be forcedbetween said members, whereby the cover is wrapped around the rear andside surfaces of the heel and is inturned upon the breast of the heel.

WILLIAM P. DEVINE.

